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Entain reports Grand National success with 12.75m bets placed

SBC News Entain reports Grand National success with 12.75m bets placed

This year’s Grand National proved to be another commercial success for the UK’s bookmakers, as Entain detailed that it had taken a ‘record-breaking’ number of wagers.  The Ladbrokes and Coral operator reported that over 12.75 million bets were placed during the three days of the Grand National festival at Aintree racecourse, a substantial increase on the last fixture in 2019.  …

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Coral trials  360° Virtual Reality experience to maintain racing revival 

SBC News Coral trials  360° Virtual Reality experience to maintain racing revival 

Coral has begun to trial a 360° Virtual Reality (VR) Horseracing Experience, developed by Entain Plc’s in-house technology studio.  The first of its kind VR experience has been created in partnership with JockeyCam, a technology that captures the best live footage of racing action, providing audiences with the experience of what it is like to be a jump jockey.     Entain’s …

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Entain maintains confidence in 2022 outlook but Euro headwinds blur vision

Jette Nygaard-Anderson, Entain CEO

Entain Plc’s 2022 performance began in line with corporate expectations, as its business units and brand portfolio are matched against tough 2021 like-for-like comparatives.  Publishing its Q1 2022 trading update, Entain reported that group NGR was up 31%. This, it said, was supported by the return of its retail unit performance which achieved a 1,000% NGR uptake against 2021 lockdown …

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Colin Cole-Johnson takes the helm at Bede Gaming as new CEO

SBC News Colin Cole-Johnson takes the helm at Bede Gaming as new CEO

Colin Cole-Johnson will take the reins of Bede Gaming after being appointed as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer.  Bringing with him more than 20 years of experience in the gambling industry, Cole-Johnson joins Bede from Entain where he served as the company’s Gaming Product Director.  “It’s a proud moment for me,” Cole-Johnson said. “Bede is a company that I’ve …

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Entain nets FY2021 profit rise against heavy retail drags

Jette Nygaard-Anderson, Entain CEO

Entain Plc has branded 2021 as another transformative year for its business that has expanded its global brand portfolio to service 31 regulated/regulating markets.    Publishing its full-year 2021 results, the company registered group net revenues of £3.88 billion, up 7% on corresponding FY2020 results of £3.63 billion. Headline performance saw its online portfolio declare a ‘ninth consecutive year of double-digit …

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Gala Bingo appoints Neverland to refresh legacy image

SBC News Gala Bingo appoints Neverland to refresh legacy image

Gala Bingo the flagship UK bingo room of Entain Plc has appointed Neverland as its new lead creative agency, charged with ‘re-establishing its iconic brand with UK audiences’. The decision sees Neverland takeover Gala Bingo’s creative advertising strategy from incumbent Antidote – who last year won an agency pitch to lead the creative development of the £13 million valued advertising …

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Chris Graham to lead FSB’s global marketing strategy

SBC News Chris Graham to lead FSB’s global marketing strategy

FSB has moved to strengthen leadership of its global marketing team, appointing Chris Graham to oversee its operations in this area as Head of B2B Marketing. Graham first joined the B2B sports betting and igaming services provider in August, serving as Head of Marketing Operations with responsibility for ‘driving landmark numbers’ across the department over the following year.  His promotion …

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Ladbrokes: Marketing and product cooperation ‘vitally important’ in competitive football betting space

SBC News Ladbrokes: Marketing and product cooperation ‘vitally important’ in competitive football betting space

Last week’s SBC Awards 2021 saw numerous operators recognised with honours for a variety of achievements across the sports betting and gaming sector, with Ladbrokes taking home the Football Sportsbook of the Year Award. Although marred by lockdowns and other restrictions, 2021 was a huge year for football fans, and by extension sportsbook due to the Euro 2020 and 2020 …

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Betsson, bet365 and Betradar celebrate triple successes at SBC Awards 2021

SBC News Betsson, bet365 and Betradar celebrate triple successes at SBC Awards 2021

Betsson Group, bet365, Evolution, Betradar and GoldenRace were among the 34 companies to celebrate victories at last night’s SBC Awards 2021 ceremony at Evolution London. Hosted by Kirsty Gallacher and World Cup winner Marcel Desailly, the eighth edition of the SBC awards brought together an audience of betting and gaming industry professionals to recognise the achievements of the top-performing operators, …

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Entain predicts strong cricket trading bounceback by year’s end

ICC

Entain has predicted that cricket betting markets will experience a significant increase in trading in the final weeks of 2021, anticipating turnover from a number of different countries. The FTSE250 gambling group believes that the onset of the 2021/22 Ashes Series in Australia, beginning today (8 December), as well as the start of the country’s domestic Big Bash League (BBL), …

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